The Constitutional Amendment

Washington dispntches of the l9th a y : " Tho St;ito department s nbout tran.fui to tho severa I Statea a notificntion .f the passage hy Congres of the fólloning amendment to th8 constitntion, whioh ch:ii bocoino valid wben raiiiied b Üiree-foortha of the LegiHlat ures, vlz: No amendmont hall be made to the Constit ition wbreh wilt anrtionze or give to C.igrss tho power to aholish or interferí in anv State with the dorneslic ini-titutionn thareof, tnoluding thot of persons held to labor or service by tho laws of said State."